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| A Circle Effect | 9/27/2008 |
Q: I am creating centerpieces in 8" tall teracotta pots. The centerpiece will be used on buffet tables ...
A: Just remember to make the centre of the arrangement taller than the sides.
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| Thin long vases with broader tops and purple flowers | 9/5/2008 |
Q: I am getting married in March and need some help. I want very dark purple flowers but the florist I ...
A: The best dark purple flowers in season in March are tulips - Queen of the Night is a dark purple ...
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| Arranging Arum Lilies | 8/25/2008 |
Q: I am a very amateur flower arranger & I have been asked to arrange the flowers for a friend's ...
A: Arum lilies are pretty straightforward to work with - the only special treatments that I know of are ...
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| Decorating an arch | 8/6/2008 |
Q: I am doing the flowers for my own wedding in the spring and have bought a rose arch to decorate. I ...
A: Second option is to use oasis garlands but these look horrible unless you cover them really well, ...
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| How to get height w/ a 2 1/2' vase | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I'm need to design 2 ceremony pieces in a 2 1/2' cylinder vase. I tried to add 5lbs of rocks to the ...
A: If that is the case then I would try to make a vase within a vase - find a smaller vase that will ...
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| growing cut peony flowers | 6/11/2008 |
Q: Please can you tell me the best way to get peony blooms to open quickly.
A: dry) float them in a bath tub of water so that the petals can absorb water. If the buds are really ...
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| calla lily arrangement | 4/14/2008 |
Q: I would like to do a really special arrangement of calla lilies for my mum's 4oth wedding ...
A: How I do it with tulips is to leave the stems out of water until they begin to go floppy, then I ...
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| church pew ends | 3/31/2008 |
Q: I am organising and arranging my own wedding flowers. I'm pretty savvy on arranging but the only one ...
A: I arrange pew end flowers in one of 3 ways - depending on the effect wanted. To get a very full ...
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| clear cylinder vases | 3/30/2008 |
Q: I am helping a friend with a wedding and she wants to use 24 inch tall vases. She is on a budget, ...
A: The most straightforward way to get those arrangements with full flowers on the top of a tall vase ...
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| extra large martini glasses | 3/14/2008 |
Q: should i arrange it in a round bowl then place into the glass or should i pack the top out with ...
A: forming a trellis pattern. Then wrap a strip of tape right round the rim to hide the tape. That ...
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| how to arrange silk flowers in tall vase? | 2/8/2008 |
Q: I'm having trouble figuring out how to get a full arrangement into a tall (eiffel/tower/tapered) ...
A: I suspect that the skinny vases that you have seen have a ball of florists foam taped to the top of ...
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